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Asking a Linux user to recommend a printer (tesseract.dubvee.org)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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BTW, I've had my Brother laser MFP for 11 years and still on the original toner.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Oh gods yes. Government surplus equipment is amazing when you can find it.

My state used to send all their decommissioned IT equipment to a warehouse where the public could buy it. It was a wonderland. My first few laptops all came from there (was poor and that was the only way I could afford one).

About 5 years ago, though, they stopped that and only send old furniture there. Anything electronic now goes to some 3rd party e-waste service where it probably ends up in a landfill in some poor country.